Thank you, colleagues. Mr. Speaker, I present to the House Bill 97, An Act to Postpone Polling Day for the 2023 General Election, be read for the first reading. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 6.1(1) so that Bill 97, An Act to Postpone Polling Day for the 2023 General Election, may be read for the first time today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I provide notice that on Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, I will move, second by the Member for Kam Lake, that Bill 97, An Act to Postpone Polling Day for the 2023 General Election be read for the first time.

In favour.

Quyananni. I move, second by the honourable Member for Hay River North that Bill 93, Practice of Engineering, Geoscience and Applied Science Technology Act, be read for the second time.

This bill repeals and replaces the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act with a new Act. The new Act provides a modernized framework for the practice of professional engineering, professional geoscience and applied science technology, including for continuing professional development and discipline. Quyananni.

Quyananni. I wish to table the following document: Plain Language Summary of Bill 93: Practice of Engineering, Geoscience and Applied Science Technology Act. Quyananni.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, and I -- you know, I recognize the Member's concerns. You know, I've been to Hay River several times to have a community meeting and, you know, it is important to the Member's constituents that, you know, there's great concern that, you know, we're not getting our tugs out of Hay River on time and, you know, it reflects a lot of our disruption up the valley. So, you know, I think the Member's going to be really happy right now because we are getting this started. And I appreciate that, you know, we have talked about this and talked about this but, you know, we really seen -- you know, last year where we just had struggles getting our supplies into Sachs Harbour. That is still the point that we're at.

So Mr. Speaker, I want to let the Member know that we are just finalizing an RFP for the initial phrase of the dredging. We want to call it harbour restoration, and it will be posted in the next couple days, Mr. Speaker; either today or Monday. And I will give a head's up notice to both the Members from Hay River on where we're at with the RFP process.

But I also want to take this opportunity, Mr. Speaker, to thank the Members for their patience as we worked through a number of things, such as the engineering permitting process to get the first phase underway, which will concentrate on the channel. And the fisheries, so that they can have access to the harbour, Mr. Speaker. I would be remiss if I didn't thank the federal government on their assistance in funding this phase of the harbour restoration.

Mr. Speaker, we need our tugs out there in order to keep schedule this year. We need them. It's, you know, very important to some of the Members. It's important to this government as well as the communities to get supplies and fuel up the valley. We've spent a lot of money in the last year from this government, and we can't afford to do that anymore. So I just want to thank the Member for the question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that's -- that's my -- you know, that's something I want to do. I've been having discussions with the Premier. And, you know, I continue to work with the Premier's office to be able to have a road trip from Dawson all the way to Inuvik and hit every pothole there is on that road. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the -- I just want to note, you know, yes we're pushing from the GNWT standpoint but realistically this has to be Yukon led. I mean, this is their part of the highway. We can't be submitting federal funding for another jurisdiction other than let's do this together. And, you know, in terms of timeline, I'm hoping by the summer. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.